Is your son or daughter complaining about elbow or shoulder pain? Are you looking for baseball-specific exercise programs? At TFI Physical Therapy & Sports Performance in Chicago and Vernon Hills, IL, our therapists understand the injuries that affect baseball/softball players and resolve them more significantly. Our team can give you the tools to recover from your injuries and maximize your on-field performance!
The popularity of baseball has spread throughout the globe and surged in popularity throughout Asia and Latin America. Baseball is recognized as America’s “national pastime.” Youth baseball is one of the most popular sports in America. Unfortunately, about 50% of youth baseball players experience shoulder or elbow pain during their season.
The demands of throwing dominate the type of injuries, and fortunately, at TFI Physical Therapy & Sports Performance in Chicago and Vernon Hills, IL in [all-and–town], our physical therapists will perform injury assessments no matter the condition. We provide comprehensive treatments that include injury prevention programs and baseball-specific training programs.
In the beginning, it is necessary to identify all the factors contributing to the injury. We will take a medical and sport-injury history to understand more about the athlete’s throwing history, previous injuries, and overall health status.
Our programs are individualized, using baseball-specific treatments to alleviate pain and restore joint and tissue mobility in the early phases of rehab. There are baseball-specific protocols, including a return to throwing protocols and throw count progressions, that we will follow to ensure proper recovery and safety.
In addition, your therapist will instruct you on the most effective injury prevention strategies, including:
- Sleep: Proper rest is the most effective injury prevention strategy. Research has shown that lack of sleep increases the risk of injuries.
- Strength training: Strength training is one of the most effective injury prevention strategies to help baseball players (all positions) stay injury-free.
- Nutrition: Eating the right foods is the foundation for good health and injury prevention.
- Hydration: Getting adequate fluids is essential for recovery and injury prevention.
- Avoid Fatigue: One of the most important steps you can take, whether for youth baseball players or elite athletes, is to monitor and avoid overuse. Fatigue continues to be the driving factor behind injuries and is preventable with sound practices.
As you recover from your injuries, your physical therapist will then incorporate a “return to sport” or “return to throwing” progression to assist you in a safe return to training and competition. We will include neuromuscular and proprioceptive exercises to reduce ligament and tendon-related injuries. Our goal is to help you be prepared to take the challenges baseball requires to compete at a high level!
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If you play baseball or are the parent of a young athlete, call TFI Physical Therapy & Sports Performance in Chicago or Vernon Hills, IL today and learn how to resolve injuries and enhance your performance through baseball-specific programs.
Our team will assess the injury and provide effective solutions for your recovery and return to America’s Pastime!
Sources:
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12178-018-9456-5
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0363546517734172
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2325967119825557
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6390229/
- https://journals.lww.com/jaaosglobal/Fulltext/2021/08000/A_Systematic_Review_of_the_Orthopaedic_Literature.2.aspx
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